Painted Tin-Glazed Earthenware Tile Sherd

Two mendable fragments of a painted tin glazed refined earthenware tile with thick white glaze on one surface. The body has a buff to yellow colored paste with a small amount of red brick temper. The surface is decorated with a fairly large blue painted figure standing with an extended arm. The figure appears to be wearing a robe, possibly from a biblical scene. The fragments mend but are not mended, and the brick temper can be best seen along this broken edge. There is a small splotch of glaze on the base of the sherd.

• Object number

  64.37, 64.11

• Date made

  1600 - 1800

• Dimensions

  Thickness 0.34 inches

• Decoration

  Painted

• Color

  Cobalt Blue

• Animals/objects

  Tile

• Patterns

  Figure

• Category

  Architectural

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Ware types

  Tin Glazed

  Buff Paste